[Elecraft] computer - P3 - K3 communications blues

[Don Wilhelm]

The K3 and P3 Utility programs should not be run through LP Bridge. 
LP-Bridge does not transfer everything used by the Utilities.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 3/16/2013 8:38 AM, david Moes wrote:
>
>> "You should be able to run one and only one additional application to 
>> the P3. Once you have one application connected to the P3 serial 
>> port, that application blocks any other applications from using the 
>> serial port the K3 the P3 are using. So if you are trying to use the 
>> same serial port for more than one software application it will not 
>> use the P3 port. It will give you a port in use error message. " 
>
>
> Isn't LP-Bridge going to allow more than one application to talk to 
> the serial port? I thought that is one of its main purposes.
>
> alternatively and much simpler than LP-Bridge to solve this you can 
> use vspe from eterlogic.  This can create a splitter to allow any 
> number off applications to access a virtual port that is all routed 
> into one physical Comm port.   works for me.   I often have logger32, 
> MMSSTV FLDIGI all working at once.    I can even have K3 utilities and 
> K3eze all connected at the same time using VSPE.
>
> All that said it seems that the OP cant even connect one program.      
> Id also check that that all the cabling is correct.   IE PC to P3 and 
> P3 to K3 aren't reversed.  try removing the P3 from the picture just 
> to double check that the serial port to K3 is working.   also  shut 
> down LPbridge and try using the port directly with only K3 utilities 
> using that port.     I am not totally familiar with LP bridge so I am 
> not sure if there is extra configuration if using the P3.
>
> 73
>
> David Moes
>
> dmoes at nexicom.net
> VE3DVY
>
>
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